Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . he passage of air. Overthis, the three eagles were to support a semicircular piece on which they are placedwas hollow, and thxough it ran the heated water,to a cock on the left, from the reservoir of whichthe lid is open. The whole was moveable. The triclinium, opening upon the pseudo garden, isopposite the spectator. The fauces on the rightform the regular communication with the latter,and a false door on the other side is made to 264 POMPEIANA. correspond. The alae, or exedra, will be ob-served on the right and left.
Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . he passage of air. Overthis, the three eagles were to support a semicircular piece on which they are placedwas hollow, and thxough it ran the heated water,to a cock on the left, from the reservoir of whichthe lid is open. The whole was moveable. The triclinium, opening upon the pseudo garden, isopposite the spectator. The fauces on the rightform the regular communication with the latter,and a false door on the other side is made to 264 POMPEIANA. correspond. The alae, or exedra, will be ob-served on the right and left. The openings were,perhaps, only covered with curtains; in Greek,according to Pollux, called parapetasma, com-monly white, but sometimes poikile, or painted;as was, probably, that to the fauces, like the falsedoor. In the palatial commotions, Claudius hidhimself inter praetenta foribus vela; as did He-liogabalus, on a like occasion.—Suetonius — couches were spread with carpets, as were alsothe floors of the rooms, in the modern VIGNETTES. The Puteal, forming the subject of the vignette atthe head of the Preface, is explained page 238. The six following vignettes are one fourth thescale of the original pictures, of which twelve,painted upon dark grounds, were found, togetherwith thirteen pieces of less merit, adorning the samechamber at Pompeii, in the year 1749- The wholehave been already published in the learned and noless expensive work of the Academy of Naples. Page 18. A most beautiful and graceful figure. Her vest,of transparent yellow, is edged with blue; and herlight hair, intermixed with pearls, is bound withfillets of white: she wears bracelets, and a neck-laceof gold. Qualis fuit Venus Apuleius cum fuit virgo,nudo et intecto corpore, perfectam formositatem pro-fessa, nisi quod tenui pallio bombycino umbrabatspectabilem pubem.—See Ant. dErcol. 266 POMPEIANA. Page 24. A female Centaur, bearing a green pallium, andholding a festoon, ca
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